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Sunday, April 8, 2012

Sunday Surf – Move: Accomplished!

We moved yesterday!

Every time I move, I discover something while packing that I didn’t realize I had. (Does this happen to you? Maybe I’m the only one who doesn’t have full awareness of the contents of my living space.) This time (among other things) I was surprised by the vastness of our dental floss collection. I didn’t count, but you can see that there’s no shortage of oral hygiene products in this household! We even have oddball dental floss flavors, including bacon and cupcake. If I wasn’t such a hoarder, I might get rid of these, but I can’t bring myself to this time. I am making progress with my hoarding, though: after bagging up the dental floss (to keep), I Freecycled two large bags of other toiletries and feminine hygiene products, all of which went to a women’s shelter. It does feel good to get rid of things sometimes!

What’s the weirdest or funniest thing you’ve found while packing to move? I can’t wait to hear your story!

Great
article from Code Name: Mama recounting two vastly differen nursing in
public experiences she recently had.
Most of my NIP experiences were totally uneventful, with people not
noticing or not saying anything at all. That didn’t take away from the
fear I’ve had that someone *will* say something, or that I’ll have to
defend myself, so I tried to give myself a pep-talk about it when I was
feeling particularly concerned about a reaction. It’s sad that we still
do have to talk about this and advocate for ourselves, that this IS
still an issue. But we do, and it is.

Thanks
to Moorea of Mamalady for introducing me to this blog!
Milk Junkies is written by Trevor, a trans father who breastfeeds his
son (with the help of a SNS). This particular post about attachment
parenting drove home the belief I already had that the emotions and
experiences of parenthood are largely universal. I really appreciate
Trevor's willingness to write so openly about his breastfeeding and
parenting journey!

Has
your child ever been excluded from play with other children? How about
by one of the other parents? Amy of Toddler in Tow recounts a painful
story of this happening to her daughter, and she'd love input about how
to keep calm and collected in similar situations.

Curious
about unschooling? I love this post from Lauren of Hobo Mama which
explains how unschooling really isn't radical at all: it's what you and I
do every day!

I wrote about the fertility awareness method of preventing or achieving pregnancy at Diary of a First Child this week. If you've ever been curious about this totally natural, non-invasive and non-hormonal birth control option, head on over there and read all about it! I detailed how to track and chart basal body temperature and cervical mucous to know when you're ovulating, as well as my personal experiences with this simple and effective method.

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While reorganizing our pantry recently, I discovered that I was still hanging on to a package of powdered vanilla I had purchased to bake with in Russia in 2006. This means that not only did I feel the need to transport the stuff with me from Russia back to my home in Colorado, but that it also moved with me from one side of downtown Colorado Springs to another, and then to Austin (I sold all my furniture, but kept the vanilla?!), and finally to Guam where it sat on a shelf for two and a half years before I admitted that we should probably toss it out.

Sam and I were just talking tonight about how we each had won one big carnival prize when we were kids — mine was a big, ugly stuffed monster, and his was an enormous California Raisin (oh, yes) — and how it was so hard for us to let that hard-won but entirely un-useful junk go. We were married before Sam parted with his.

I got rid of a ton of toiletries recently on Freecycle, and it felt good. And two bags of pantyhose. Which I never wear. But apparently collect.